ERXApplication.Loader currently requires a WOLips <nature> to be present in a WO project's .project file to load the project as a Project Bundle.
This means bundleless development won't work without a WO nature being present. I think we should change this check to look for something like the presence of a build.properties file containing some defined value like project.name or project.type. This means you don't need that pesky Eclipse .project file for Wonder to work (or at least it's a step towards it).